Santa Clara County health officials are looking to increase testing capacity to 1,300 a day. But they’ve hit a road block getting there.

Toni Taber levels the charge as part of a lawsuit filed by the ROV against the city to try to revive the labor-backed Fair Elections Initiative.

The San Jose to Merced section of the HSR would connect Silicon Valley to the Central Valley with a reliable high-speed travel option.

The mandate allows construction, real estate deals and some outdoor businesses to resume as long as they comply with safety protocols. 

The SVO president slammed the ROV as exceptionally inept, and called for the DA to investigate “improprieties” under Shannon Bushey’s watch.

Though they’re among the most vulnerable, unhoused people struggle to get tested for the coronavirus and find shelter for quarantine.

The extended stay-home order also eases restrictions on “lower-risk activities” that have been in place for most of the past month.

The latest death stats signal that Covid-19 was likely spreading through Silicon Valley much earlier than originally thought.

The expungements stem from collaborative efforts of the local district attorney, public defender, the county and the courts. 

Old tensions ran high at Tuesday’s meeting over a proposed site for emergency shelter for the homeless at Monterey and Bernal roads.

A data scientist says that while the county has done a fine job of putting together a robust dashboard, the reporting gaps give him pause.

Until this week, the earliest Covid-19 fatality in the U.S. was believed to have happened on Feb. 29 in Kirkland, Washington.

With new Covid-19 precautions and visitor restrictions in hospitals, many women are considering giving birth at home.

As of Monday afternoon, the county of nearly 2 million people had reported 1,922 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 83 deaths.

The study’s findings could have ramifications concerning shelter-in-place practices as well as treatment of current COVID-19 patients.

As part of its sweeping public health order, Santa Clara county has made recreational cannabis dispensaries illegal again.